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Homeland Security: Los Angeles and Khatib

homeland security: After 3days at airport, not allowed to travel to oscars2017 - had US visa - but passport not accepted, according to CBC. Sad, but important work to do here. 995Khaled Khatib was scheduled to arrive Saturday in Los Angeles on a Turkish Airlines flight departing from Istanbul. According to internal Trump administration correspondence seen by The Associated Press, the Department of Homeland Security has decided at the last minute to block Khaled Khatib from travelling to Los Angeles for the Oscars. But his plans have been upended after U.S. officials reported finding derogatory information regarding Khatib. Asked for comment, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, Gillian Christensen, said, A valid travel document is required for travel to the United States. Derogatory information is a broad category that can include anything from terror connections to passport irregularities. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.